GRE Word List
BEMUSED
marked by confusion or bewilderment : dazed
The meaning of the word bemused is marked by confusion or bewilderment : dazed.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| frolicsome | full of gaiety : playful |
| resound | to become filled with sound : reverberate |
| incumbent | the holder of an office or ecclesiastical benefice |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |
| impinge | encroach |
| venturesome | inclined to court or incur risk or danger : daring |
| vindictive | disposed to seek revenge : vengeful |
| premeditate | to think about and revolve in the mind beforehand |
| purgatory | an intermediate state after death for expiatory purification |
| whorl | a drum-shaped section on the lower part of a spindle in spinning or weaving machinery serving as a pulley for the tape drive that rotates the spindle |